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title: On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obt… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obtain correct information concerning an uncivilized race, a knowledge of their folklore is necessary. Who acts: concerning. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics 
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Opening, sentence 16

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On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obtain correct information concerning an uncivilized race, a knowledge of their folklore is necessary.

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**Who acts:** concerning · **What happens:** recognise, obtain, concern, be · **To what, where:** account, correct information, uncivilized race

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (concerning), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg71335:1:16
# text = On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obtain correct information concerning an uncivilized race, a knowledge of their folklore is necessary.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	csubj	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	uncivilized	uncivilized	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	folklore	folklore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | present · passive |  | account |  | this account | now | generally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | correct information |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset information=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  | a uncivilized race |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus race=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | present | concerning |  |  |  |  | necessary *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Project Gutenberg book 71335 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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